文采

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	allotment to a feudal noble; affairs; gather
simp. and trad. (文采)		文	采
alternative forms		文綵 文彩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéncǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ coi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéncǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúncǎi
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-tsʻai³
    • Yale: wén-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wentsae
    • Palladius: вэньцай (vɛnʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ coi²
    • Yale: màhn chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

文采

1. rich and bright colors
2. literary grace; literary talent

   我看過你的文章，很喜歡你的文采。 [MSC, trad.]
   我看过你的文章，很喜欢你的文采。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ kàn guò nǐ de wénzhāng, hěn xǐhuān nǐ de wéncǎi. [Pinyin]

   I've read your article and appreciate your literary talent.

Synonyms

• (literary grace): (figuratively) 風騷／风骚 (fēngsāo)

Derived terms

• 文采風流

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文采):

• → Japanese: 文彩(ぶんさい) (bunsai)
• → Korean: 문채(文采) (munchae)